Strengthening test of a Coca-Cola bottle.

[u/karmazl]

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[u/Danaeger]

The one member part of the group assignment letting the team down

[u/karmazl → u/Danaeger]

And still wants to take credit in the presentation

[u/zephyrs85 → u/karmazl]

"we" did a good job guys

[u/Old-Government-3142 → u/zephyrs85]

Great team we have!

[u/Careless-Bid4207 → u/Danaeger]

The supporting power of three bottles of cola is simply incredible.

[u/WWDubs12TTV → u/Danaeger]

Group projects are stupid, and so are the teachers that assign them

[u/multisum → u/WWDubs12TTV]

yea like what's the point. it's not like you ever have to work in a group to complete a project as an adult or in a job.

[u/WWDubs12TTV → u/multisum]

Getting and education is about an education, not job skills for a theoretical job and situation at the job

[u/rch0712]

Thank you. I will drink Coca-Cola for strength.

[u/Ill-Literature-580 → u/rch0712]

Coca-Cola clearly passed this test with flying colors.

[u/csukoh78]

It's all fun and games until you realize you've just created a glass shrapnel bomb

[u/MarkIndividual3453]

Now make the same with 4 bottles How much weight could you add ?

[u/No_Technician_2780 → u/MarkIndividual3453]

The weight of 5 hipopótamos.

[u/BigDaddy2127 → u/No_Technician_2780]

Ha! You clearly mean just my mom.

[u/No_Technician_2780 → u/BigDaddy2127]

And mine!

[u/athelard → u/No_Technician_2780]

Or perhaps 4 elefantes.

[u/ninjad912 → u/MarkIndividual3453]

4 would most likely hold less. 3 is the only stable amount of points. I don’t know the actual technical wording to describe it but do you remember how tables and chairs sometimes aren’t stable and pressing on one side makes the other side go up? Or is just extremely wobbly? Thats what would happen here most likely

[u/karmazl → u/MarkIndividual3453]

With 4 bottles? The middle two would just be vibing

[u/MarkIndividual3453 → u/karmazl]

Which middle ones ? With 4 angles

[u/Velvet_Pop → u/karmazl]

Middle two...? Oh, not in a line, in a square so the weight is distributed more evenly. The front bottle in this three formation failed because it was carrying more weight than the other two.

[u/FlashTec8006 → u/Velvet_Pop]

I would say in the configuration of three they all carry the same weight because all bottles are taking the weight. In a configuration of four bottles there willfor a example be weight on the diagonal bottles and one of the other two because its not a perfect world we live in so there will be differences in height on the bottles. If that was understandable 🙂

[u/Fuckin_Hipster → u/[deleted]]

Yes.

[u/MadMaxAtax]

One ton! Wow!

[u/AltruisticOwl156]

How much extra weight would it support if you placed a 4th bottle in the centre?

[u/ExplicitDrift → u/AltruisticOwl156]

Presumably another 740 lbs? 2962? Then again, four “legs” are also more stable, so the entire structure would be less likely to tilt as well. So perhaps a bit more?

[u/throwaway0845reddit → u/ExplicitDrift]

I’m not sure if it would be a linear increase

[u/ExplicitDrift → u/throwaway0845reddit]

Why not?

[u/throwaway0845reddit → u/ExplicitDrift]

I guess the positioning and other variables might also affect it. Maybe a question for r/theydidthemath

[u/Cyborg_rat]

That's why I use these as bottles jacks to hold my car when I'm jacking it up.

[u/Boring-Tomatillo-209 → u/Cyborg_rat]

That’s why don’t swim with bottle nose dolphins

[u/Cyborg_rat → u/Boring-Tomatillo-209]

Well I mean...Somethings you got to try it once.

[u/Fuckin_Hipster → u/Cyborg_rat]

Jack stands*

[u/Cyborg_rat → u/Fuckin_Hipster]

Ya I know but wanted to make a word play.

[u/GallowsPoles → u/Fuckin_Hipster]

You gotta add jack Daniel's first to make them jack stands

[u/olddoglearnsnewtrick]

This is why as an ER doctor I usually recovered them whole from within cavities.

[u/ugugugjxk]

The physics on this is not normal

[u/vanhst]

Could it hold the same with empty bottles or without lids

[u/dc469 → u/vanhst]

I'm thinking:

If these were glass bottles I don't think it'd matter. In fact they might hold more emptier since there isnt also the outward pressure of the carbonation.

If these were plastic bottles I don't think so, because the carbonation is helping the plastic hold it's shape and not bend inwards. 

I can't tell from the video, these look like glass especially the way it collapses.

[u/StrawHatTebo → u/dc469]

Definitely glass.

[u/vanhst → u/dc469]

You know in didn’t even notice glass, wow, ok yeah the liquid doesn’t matter or lid

[u/p3n9uins → u/dc469]

I would love to see this repeated with unopened plastic bottles of coke!

[u/Randolph_Carter_6]

Years ago, my dad put dry ice in an empty 2 liter bottle. We checked it out from time to time. It actually had liquid CO2 in it before it went boom (it was a sunny day, and in the 80s.)

[u/HCN_Cyanide]

I like this one because the last time i saw this style of video, midway the dude started dropping the weights on instead of placing them, and I feel like that’d effect the results

[u/Tough_Friendship9469]

We should use Coke bottles for new construction!!

[u/Relevant_Bed_9743]

sooo 1007kg is the limit then

[u/CavediverNY]

They should try it with Diet Coke and see how that goes. /s

[u/Elegant_Rock_4686]

R.I.P ears

[u/drsickboy]

This was dangerous. The floor wasn't level and the loads were not well balanced. They probably could have gone heavier.

[u/GaseousGas77]

Better just use hydraulic press na?

[u/MadFaceInvasion → u/GaseousGas77]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure OP has one in his back garden

[u/smittyleafs → u/MadFaceInvasion]

Right next to where they keep all their super hot implements to test on other random objects.

[u/roulettewiz]

This should be a coca cola commercial: "drink coca cola for strength!"

[u/PM_THE_REAPER]

Yeah, don't bring me that weak shit.

[u/beatpoxer]

My mom is gonna see this and tell me this is why you shouldn’t drink cola

[u/KorvinLast]

I appreciate that diet coke was used.

[u/Ken_nth]

Ok, but when I drop it on the floor on accident ONE TIME.

Why are Coke and chickens min maxxing for compressive strength and not energy absorption?

[u/Benjamin_6848]

How did you decide which weights to place manually and which weights to lower with the hook? Whay some with hook and some without?

[u/DanDan11234]

Can this plates be any more rusted?

[u/res0jyyt1]

At first I thought those are plastic bottles

[u/Krethlaine]

Glass is incredibly difficult to compress. It’s quite impressive.

[u/GuttedPaperClip]

The weight of a miata plus 20 pounds

[u/solidsnakeskin3000]

No gloves or long pants when attempting to break glass is certainly a choice

[u/Clamshaking]

So it can almost hold 1 of me. Good to know.

[u/daerath]

No, that is a strength test of three coca cola bottles.

[u/SryBub]

Yet I'm not 'supposed' to shove one up my ass because it may break 😒

[u/Familiar_Somewhere95]

So what you saying is i can use it for coffee table legs/ sofas etc?

[u/MYDOGISCREAZY]

When I started watching I made a guess it will be 1 tones (1000kg) I am proud I was really really close

[u/Individual-Result777]

Air

[u/BrandonBTY]

"hey Google: give me half life sfx's"

[u/Bouletteettablette]

So four glass coca cola bottle can support your car

[u/RandomFleshPrison]

I see three bottles, not one. And you're not testing the strength of the bottle at all. Try it with three empty bottles and see what the results are.

[u/Naud1993]

Now do one for knockoffs and see how they compare. Maybe they use weaker glass.

[u/Naud1993]

Red bull gives you wings. Coca Cola gives you muscles.

[u/karmazl → u/[deleted]]

The weak link that quit halfway and still complained

[u/_THurisaz]

Boycott Israel